about to the north-east of Nadi, Fiji. On February 5, the FMS reported that a tropical disturbance had developed, about 310 km (190 mi) to the southeast of Nadi, Fiji. During that day the disturbance moved towards the northeast and passed through the Fijian islands, while convection surrounding the system increased and organized before it was declared a tropical depression early the next day. Later that day as the system started to move towards the southeast it rapidly consolidated further with the JTWC and the FMS both reporting that the depression had developed into a tropical cyclone, with the later naming it Cyril as it moved south-eastwards through the Tongan islands. Early on February 7 after Cyril had moved through Tonga, the JTWC reported that Cyril had peaked with 1-minute windspeeds of , which made it equivalent to a tropical storm. The system subsequently reported later that day that Cyril had become a category 2 tropical cyclone, with 10-minute peak windspeeds of . Later that day as the system moved below 25S and out of RSMC Nadi's area of responsibility, Cyril weakened and became a category 1 tropical cyclone. During February 8, Cyril transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and became embedded in the westerlies, before the system was last noted by TCWC Wellington during the next day while located over to the northeast of Wellington, New Zealand. Within the Fijian Islands, Cyril caused heavy rain, high seas, strong and gusty winds, before it brought gale-force winds and torrential rain to Tonga. As a result, some flooding and minor damage to vegetation and plantations was reported in parts of the Vava'u group of islands with fruit bearing trees such as breadfruit and banana trees, severely affected. Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasmine Cyclone Jasmine was a long–lived annular tropical cyclone that affected several countries, particularly Vanuatu and Tonga, over a 19‑day span. Cyclone Jasmine developed from an area of disturbed weather on February 1 in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Initially, the storm moved towards the east and across the Cape York Peninsula. As it moved across the South Pacific, earlier existing wind shear conditions lessened, and Jasmine began to strengthen at a faster rate. Steadily intensifying, Erica reached peak intensity on February 8 as a Category 4 equivalent on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, while beginning to show annular characteristics. The next day Jasmine entered an area of vertical wind shear, which consequently weakened